BIOLOGY IN FOCUS

GENERAL WEBSITES

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

General resources
www.amonline.net.au (Australian Museum)
www.abc.net.au/science (ABC Science)
http://museumvictoria.com.au (Museum Victoria)
www.biozone.co.uk (Biozone from the UK)
www.sciam.com (Scientific American magazine)
www.newscientist.com (New Scientist magazine)
www.springerlink.com/content (Springer Science)
http://nasascience.nasa.gov (NASA’s global environment issues site)
www.science.org.au/nova (Australian Academy of Science)
www.csiro.com (CSIRO)
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/biol/index.html (Uniserve Science)

Study resources
www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf_doc/biology_specexam.pdf
Board of Studies specimen paper—HSC Biology 2001. Scroll down to Question 23 for marking
guidelines. Outcomes assessed: H1, H2, H6, H9, H15.
www.actdu.org.au/archives/actein_site/basicskills_.html#atopic
An Australian website that explains that a debate is a structured and formal way of conducting an
argument. It outlines debating techniques clearly and simply.
http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Welcome_to_Debatepedia%21
This Debatepedia website invites you to ‘improve your ability to think through the complicated issues
and debates you care about, take a confident stand, and take action as a citizen’.
www.ssdec.nsw.edu.au/textypes/report.doc
Website that outlines how to write a report, with an Australian example on skin cancer. A marking
rubric for a report text type is also included.

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